MET has a brand new Revo MIPS mountain bike helmet that just about seems to be like a traditional fashionable MTB half-shell lid. And that’s definitely not a nasty factor. It’s received loads of vents, some prolonged temple & occipital protection, and an adjustable visor. However hidden beneath that unassuming exterior, MET put in a ton of labor to make this one of many best-ventilated and most secure mountain bike helmets available on the market.
A lot work that they constructed their very own wind tunnel, and crushed the brand new helmets greater than a thousand instances throughout a number of totally different testing protocols to make sure it exceeded each security testing commonplace on the market, together with one nonetheless in improvement.
On prime of that, I’ve been driving within the new helmet for a couple of week. I haven’t crashed in it but (fortunately) however can supply perception on nice match and airflow.
All-new MET Revo MIPS mountain bike helmet
This MET Revo is the Italian maker’s new all-mountain bike helmet, promising to maintain your head cooler than ever for these rides with prolonged summer season climbs, but additionally additional protection and affect safety to maintain you secure even with extra high-speed enduro & eMTB driving.
MET calls the brand new Revo a pure evolution of their all-rounder, all-mountain Roam path bike helmet. At first look, the brand new helmet just isn’t too dissimilar to the outdated Roam. However MET assures us that the brand new Revo is considerably safer and higher ventilated.
What’s new?
The most important security updates listed here are the extra intensive simulation and testing to handle each linear and rotational affect requirements, plus the quicker speeds and bigger attainable affect space examined for within the NTA 8776 ebike helmet check commonplace. MET says the brand new Revo was examined “at 21% extra affect pace and in a position to disspate as much as a 43% extra affect power including a ten% additional affect examined protection within the two most delicate mind areas: the again and the temples.“
The most important cooling replace, is just extra open venting space. MET says this new Revo helmet delivers a “23.5% enhance in cooling effectivity” vs. the earlier Roam. They confirmed that by testing the helmets in MET’s personal ‘The Tube’ full-size cycling-specific wind tunnel. The Tube was created firstly for a street aerodynamics perspective, serving to design aero helmets and refine MET athletes’ aerodynamic setup on the bike. However by making a head kind that might measure temperature change, MET was in a position to map and quantify how the brand new Revo mountain bike helmet’s air flow design really allowed warmth to flee the rider’s head.
However that solely works along with improved design & supplies that allowed MET to open extra of the helmet surpface up, whereas nonetheless absorbing much more forceful impacts.
Security Testing Protocols
Essentially the most primary check requirements are the linear affect necessities of the legacy CE/EN, the US/CPSC & AS/NZ exams which are the minimal for all bicycling helmets. However MET had already been working with MIPS for years, and likewise evaluated their helmets with the rotational affect exams of the MIPS protocol entrance & lateral impacts towards a forty five° aircraft, their ‘pitched’ frontal affect, and optionally available rear impacts.
They’ve additionally pushed to ensure their helmets can obtain unbiased 5-star security scores from Virginia Tech’s personal six totally different angled aircraft rotational affect exams.
Extra not too long ago, they’ve additionally considered the extra demanding NTA 8776 ebike helmet security certification, which additionally exams greater power impacts. This newer commonplace additionally importantly will increase the realm the place impacts may be made, additional down the temple and occipital space behind the ear. It looks like a somewhat small shift, however MET explains that these high-energy impacts are actually getting a lot nearer to the perimeters of even their elevated protection half-shell helmet designs, making it more durable to soak up affect power. However it additionally means tremendously elevated rider security in impacts close to the perimeters of all NTA-certified helmets.
Lastly, MET has additionally been energetic within the improvement of a brand new draft EN 1078 testing protocol, that in the end goals to objectively quantify the now-voluntary MIPS and Virginia Tech kind of rotational affect exams in order that they are often carried out into EU legislation for all helmets. We’ll have extra element quickly about how this ongoing mission is ready to institutionalize rotational security for ALL client bicycling helmets, guaranteeing that each one bike riders shall be safer sooner or later.
Tech particulars
In-mod EPS foam building with 5-piece wrap-around polycarbonate shell
MIPS Air Node isolates the rider from many rotational forces in an affect
additional MIPS Air back-of-head pad
23 exterior vents, linked to deep inside air channels and unobstructed by the MIPS liner
full 360°Protected-T Heta dial retention match system, with 3-position rear peak adjustment
4-position adjustable (breakaway) visor with 4cm peak adjustment for goggle or sun shades compatibility
Fidlock magnetic buckle
out there in 3 sizes – S (52-56cm), M (56-58cm) & L (58-61cm)
390g claimed weight, measurement medium (395g precise)
Security specs
5-star Virginia Tech Helmet Lab security ranking (highest attainable)
NTA 8776:201-12 ebike/pedelec/eMTB licensed
CE EN 1078:2012 + A1:2012, US CPSC & AS-NZ licensed
So how does that each one make it really feel?
First Impression – Driving Evaluation
My first rides with the brand new MET Revo helmet have been in heat, moist & humid Italy a few weeks in the past. Then, again residence this previous week in unseasonably sunny & heat climate. And I sweat rather a lot, in just about each helmet, and all yr lengthy. However up to now, the brand new Revo is clearly higher vented than most mountain bike helmets. Positive, I’ve ridden with some ultralight street helmets that maintain me a bit cooler.
However no half-shell helmet that I can bear in mind in latest reminiscence has this sense of lowered safety round my temples and simply behind my ears, whereas nonetheless feeling cool to trip in. I’ve no issues carrying this on extra cross-country and marathon-style rides, as I do on all-mountain rides leaning extra in direction of enduro. The additional facet protection nonetheless doesn’t really feel anyplace as deep as a full-on enduro helmet, a 3/4 shell, or a full face. However it definitely feels prefer it wraps round my head extra than simply merely sitting on prime of it.
Another attention-grabbing level to notice is the additional ‘Half 2/2’ MIPS pad behind the helmet. Most (virtually all) helmets simply contact the again of your head to their EPS foam. However MET added this additional insert that makes for a extra 360° match to the padding. And despite the fact that it’s velcroed in place, if is a low-friction MIPS Air Node pad that’s designed to slide between your head and the helmet to isolate you from rotational forces in a twisting affect.
MET Revo – Pricing, choices & availability
The brand new MET Revo MIPS mountain bike helmet is on the market now for $230 / 200€ / £170, together with a gentle storage bag. You possibly can decide from 6 muted matte coloration schemes – off-white, olive, midnight forest inexperienced, navy & black – and three sizes (S-L).
MET additionally hinted that extra inexpensive MTB helmets that share a lot of the identical security and air flow tech are anticipated to launch later this spring.
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